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The Register Danville, July 11, 1972 fense Argues Rep. Collins Ordered Kickbacks And Not Aide Now On Trial WASHINGTON (AP) De- fensjpawyers charged Monday it WM Texas millionaire Rep. not his top aide nowfpn trial, who ordered the congressman's employes to part of their paycheck's ''and then cover it up with, lies to investigators. The Dallas Republican He said Lynne O'Shea had been promised a $1,000 bonus for public relations work during the campaign and two other girls got in the neighborhood of $600 travel expenses for campaign work, all paid with (he use of kickbacks. respected the congressman like a father" and did not realize that the kickbacks were illegal.

"The congressman implored George not to involve him," Scherr said. "He said, 'I would ibe disgraced in front of my BIG GEORGE, By Virgil Partch Extortion He said Haag had agreed aij fam jj atld my nds. I cannot inc uauaa Acuuunv.au wasione time to carry the blame forj. scheduled to take Uie stand late the kickbacks and not implicate! know 1 Nvas in the day to testify against his congressman Jiejm what happened. former top Washington Scherr said Haag never got George A.

Haag, 33, who is ac-j jthe full $10,000 usedi cused of taking $13,000 in kick- backs, but his appearance was delayed by other witnesses. says he arranged the iickbacks but now Collins Ls trying to make him take the part of the kickbacks he did get for office projects and part of it for his own use such as making rap tone. Defense lawyer Leslie Scherr lold the jury in U.S. District Court that Collins used the "unusual "method" of kickbacks to pay bonuses to four employes, including Haag for helping the congressman win re-election in 1968. "It is not'my allegation that Congressman Collins knew that be was doing was illegal," Scherr'said.

"But it was done." He said that although Haag gave direct orders to em- ployes; it was Collins who de- cidedv a tne bonuses throofgh kickbacks from other employes. "The congressman organized the cover up as I call it," Scherr -said. "He had Haag come; to his office and sign a statement that he had never received the money. "It was the congressman and his lawyers," Scherr charged who elicited promises from the employes not to testify that they gave him money." He charged Collins" put a no longer working ex-employe Rayoqnd Fortner on the payroll to kick hack money foi a $10,000 bonus he had prom ised to Haag the election victory. (Continued from Page One) Falls, only to be over- 6 paymcnt on a car come by an ax-handle hands of a crew member.

with one of the kickback Eleven days later, a passen- er who had given the name of B. Cooper, parachuted from hijacked Northwest Airlines et between Seattle and Reno, with $200,000 in ransom. The man has not been seen nor, aid Shaffer, have any of the larked bills been recovered. In only one other instance, lat of a man bailing out over Honduran jungle with $303,000 ransom May 5, is the money missing. The alleged hijacker urrendered and is awaiting rial.

Shaffer observed, also, that iiere has been "a very remark- ble change in the frequency of lijackings to Cuba," since the 958-1961 period. 'Havana has not turned out be the heaven on earth a lot if those people thought it would be," Shaffer said. Of the 24 attempted U.S. hi- ackings this year, four were unsuccessful altogether, and 13 Attack (Continued from Page One) 24 North Vietnamese and de stroydng one tank. Governmen casulaties were put at four kill ed and 25 wounded.

The'South Vietnamese slrate gy appeared to be to hold back while U.S. warplanes blastec Vietnamese bunkers Mdre 70 B52 'bombers pounded the countryside a'routu Quang Tri and the former im penal capital of Hue, 32 mile to'the southeast, the U.S. Com manoY reported. They droppet 1,700 tons of explosives and a least, one strike was -within- '-mile the city of Quang Tri. Anoerican pilots also more 300 strikes OR Sun day North Vietnam, th command said.

They battered military area 16 mile, southwest of Hanoi and repor ed; knocking out two bridge along the northwest rail lin from to China. Radio Hanoi claimed it sho down U.S. A6 warplane Quang Province On Frida arioi. the Th U.S. Command reported, losses.

It announced, however, th death 'of an American genera and three U.S. officers Sunda on the southern front. Brig Gen. Richard Tallman an three other American officer were killed by a single enem artillery shell that exploded they began an inspection tou of An Loc, 60 miles north Saigon Tallman, 47, a native of nesdale, was deputy senio adviser in the 3rd military re gion-, embracing the are around the South Vietnames capital. Promoted to brigadie 12 days ago, he was th ninth- American of flag ran killed in the Indochina wa The names of the other U.S casualties were withheld pern ing notification of next of kin.

vere thwarted after the hijack- gained control of the aircraft. Since the Federal Aviation Administration started keeping statistics on hijackings, there tad been 147 hijackings of U.S.- registered aircraft, involving 193 persons, through June 5. Of (he 193, 108 are still fugi- ives. Of the 85 apprehended, 39 lave heen convicted of crimes such as air piracy, kidnaping, checks. Summarizing his charges, Scherr told the jury: "The evidence will show that the only beneficiary of the money that changed hands was the congressman." 'Mrs.

Mary Sue McMahon Scott said in a deposition read to the court that she kicked back $600 cash to the congress man himself as reimbursement for travel expenses to Dallas to work on his campaign. She said Collins later asked her and Mrs. (Linda ParTee) Stevenson to sign statements that he had not had them turn back part of their federal pay checks to him, but she saic they both refused. Mrs. Scott said her federa paycheck for October 1968 was about $1,200 compared to her regular paycheck of $452 month and that she was to re turn $600 of it as reimburse ment for advance travel pay PHNOM Penh, Cambodia AP) When Marshal Lon Nol ook the oath recently as Cambodia's first elected president, oldiers released colored bal- oons with banners wishing him uccess.

Two bunches of balloons sank back to earth. For superstitious ambodians it was an evil omen. Things already were going "Here! Maybe THIS doughnut is light enough to suit you." Peace Move and interference crew members. with flight One hijacker received a life sentence, another-' was sent to prison for 50 years, two. others jot 40 years each, one 25, years, 21 years, four 20 years, two 15 years, and others received esser sentences.

Nineteen cases were dropped, most of them because of. commitment to'Jmental institutions: Two cases were of. suicides. There were three acquittals. Two servicemen were given, four-year sen tences and.

charges. juvenile offenders were sent to correctional institutions. The FA A summary lists 22 cases as still pending in the courts. Dallas. She said Collins asked her to give the money to Haag but when she told him.

Haag was not there and she was ready to return to Washington the congressman agreed to take the money himsell. Miss (Lynne) O'Shea testified she was paid the promised $1,000 bonus for her press and advertising work in the campaign with an extra $500 on two of her regular paychecks when she came to Washington to work for the congressman. Ireland se (Continued sun, witch doctors practitioners v. such arts chanted and sun; reappeared. Scientists from Canada's National Research Council were in East Quoddy, Novia Scotia, 85 mile's- (Continued from Page One) The final decision, arrived at after midnight Sunday, was to act as mediator between the warring camps of McGovern and Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey. Muskie said he talked to both men Sunday night and that both of them, including McGovern, expressed interest in exploring the situation. But the exploration turned sour, he said, when McGovern stayed away. "We've had enough futile gestures for one day," Muskie re marked.

Then he said: "If I were a delegate I would vole to sustain the California challenge because I think it is founded on merit." Muskie said he could not predict whether his 250 or so delegates would follow his lead and that he assumes some will vote the other way. "This is not a convention where you can put handcuffs on delegates," he said. He said he hoped that neither his decision nor McGovern's re- fusal'to enter compromise negotiations would destroy party Events Going Badly For Cambodian i Government; Discontent Widespread Chess (Continued from Page One) biggest hotel, Fischer boycotted the place because the newly arrived Chinese diplomatic repre sentation was staying there. He stayed in a villa on the edge of town until the Chinese moved out. for the rhnom Penh government Discontent is widespread and increasingly vocal.

Generals complain that Lon Nol, who has left his heavily guarded villa only a few times since he was crippled by stroke 18 months ago, is kept in the dark by a corrupt and sycophantic clique. He has been in power since Prince Norodom Sihanouk's ouster in 1970 and was elected president in June. Cabinet ministers speak of aralysis in politics. "Unless here are some big government is overthrown a coup he by vill die as a nation," one of the marshall's ministers comment, ed. (Continued from Page One) only lead to "total disaster." VVhitelaw rejected sugges tions that the problem be turned over to the United Nations, saying he didn't 'believe anyone else could solve it better than Britain.

In Northern Ireland, extremists of the IRA and of Protestant organizations expressed belief the next two or three days afe crucial. A spokesman for the militant Ulster Vanguard said: "The final crunch is coming. It could (Continued from Page One) calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences." It would, the platform continued, "have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union." And in 1900, when the Democrats met in Kansas City to give Williams Jennings Bryan his second try at the presidency, they demanded- a solemn pledge "that the United States has no disposition of Cuba ex- shorfly moved out into the-- -eclipse the Atlantic. From there they lauhcheHjfour 18-fooL rockets McGovern civil war in a matter of lours, not even days." Protestant groups were reported meeting to determine heir policy in case violence erupts on Wednesday, when more than 100,000 members' of Orange Order have scheduled parades in 13 Northern Ireland centers to celebrate the Protestant victory over the latholics at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The marchers have orders to avoid Catholic areas but in the violent mood of the province that is no guarantee' and the army said it was bring ing in its extra troops because of the danger of confrontations between Catholics and.

Protes tants. Protestants were bound to be irritated by WhiUaw's meeting with IRA leaders, but he sak he had done so because i seemed that he should take any All that was left to do in the 24 hours before the match was to make a new chess board, shorten the playing table and redo the fluorescent lighting above the stage at the 2,500 seat sports palace where the match will be played. Sigurdur Helga son's men were hard at work making fourth, chess board for the match. The last one was unacceptable because the squares were too large. The new one will have alternating 2V4-inch squares of Italian marble anc green Lancashire slate.

The final revisions, weeks of controversy, appearec well on their way to com pletion, to the relief of the Ice landic Chess Federation, which is committed to pay out more money than the nation allocates to its defense. The Rev. William Lombardy, a chess-playing Franciscan priest who will second Fischer, sat on stage Monday night as workmen scrambled to replace the lighting panels. "It's only a game," he said with a smile. U.S.

Embassy officials, re- ponsible for million a in military and economic aid, no longer cite Cambodia as he shining example of how the Nixon doctrine can help Asian nations defend themselves. Privately, Americans and other diplomats describe Cam- wdia as a nation slipping into political, economic and military bankruptcy. cans. On the battlefield, a recent string of defeats has cost the Cambodians control of most of Kampot, Svay Rieng and Takeo provinces in the south and east. Climaxing these military setbacks was a disastrous battle last month close to Highway 1, the main Saigon-Phnom Penh road.

All but 15 soldiers of a SOO-man force were wiped out. A map of what Lon Nol's government now controls would show Cambodian troops occupying areas immediately around the main cities, most of the northwestern rice bowl in Battam-bang Province and narrow 'trips of terrain on both sides of some little else. Khmers" whose importance has grown significanliy in recent months. On the economic front, lossj'of meat, poultry and seafood frjjra Takeo and Kampot provinces has pushed food prices up after several months of relative stability when the cost of sojnie items actually fell. Pork jhas nearly doubled in price and chickens are about 50 per cent more expensive.

High prices played an important role in recent wildcat strikes by government employees, including teachers, clerks at the national bank, post office workers, prison guards and secret policemen. Lon Nol has promised elections for a new National Assembly within the next two months and the newly formed Democratic party, headed by In Tarn, a presidential candidate in June, is expecte to be the principal opposition group. Former Acting Premier Si- sowatch Sirik Matak heads up the Republican party and Lon Nol's younger brother, Col Lon Non, leads the Socio Republi- But many feel that Lon Non and other military men around president are running hings and that the Cabinet leaded by Premier Son Ngoc Thanh has little power. "A reshuffle of the government is necessary," one general said. "But what we really need is a reshuffle of the marshal's entourage." action that might -save lives.

More than 413 people have died in such violence in Ireland in the last three years, 205 of them, this year. Whitelaw said the IRA had made four demands, including the withdrawal of all British troops by January 1975 and a general amnesty for political prisoners. But Whitelaw indicated the principle he could not accept was that Britain should ecogmze "that the whole people of Ireland should decide the future of Ireland." Well over half of Cambodia is now ruled either by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong or the antigiovernment "Red Do Your FALSE TEETH Drop, Slip, or Foil? Don't keep worrying about your false teeth dropping at the wrong time. A denture adhesive can help. gives dentures a longer, firmer, steadier bold.

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Birds sought nesting places, only to see the return of the sunlight. An estimated 10,000 persons came into Antigonish, N.S., for a celebration, but clouds marred their view of the celestial show. The Greek liner Olympia carried 800 passengers on a "trip into darkness" in the Atlantic off Nova Scotia. Overcast spoiled advance plans by Seattle viewers. The amateur astronomical society said, "The sun was so fuzzy." At Spokane, many professed not to have heard about the eclipse, but one woman said she had locked up her dog "so he wouldn't hurt his eyes if he was dumb enough to look at it." The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary put on extra help as it was inundated with telephone calls from eclipse watchers who feared eye damage.

A few reported symptoms that could indicate some dam- Military informants said the war, we state our firm in- Americans had just landed in attention to declare an amnesty." helicopter when one artillery round exploded in the area. They took coyer in a bunker for about five minutes and were hit by another shell after they left and advanced down, the road. It exploded about 15 feel from the group and was believed to be a 155mm howitzer shell fired from a U.S.-made artillery piece captured earlier from the South Vietnamese. The command also reported that U.S. troop strength in Vietnam was reduced by another 500 men last week, the smallest weekly cut in more than a month, bringing the total American force in the country to 47,500 men.

About 100,000 more U.S. servicemen are fighting the war from Navy ships off the coast, Air Force bases in Thailand and B52 bases in Guam. In-Cambodia, the high command reported fierce enemy resistance stymied a bid by government troops to break through'a ring of about 2,000 North Vietnamese or Viet Cong troops around the town of Ang- tassom, 40 miles south of Phnoris Penh. A spokesman said'the troops had not been able to move from positions about two miles outside the town. 'Angtasson has been cut off and surrounded since early last A Communist command age.

ground assault was beaten back help of Cambodian warplanes, but the spokesman indicted the Cambodians had unable to obtain allied air support. In the year 2072, when a curious individual glances through the pledges of the past, he may be puzzled by the 1972 arguments over busing, or the minority report urging repeal of all laws "regarding voluntary sex acts involving consenting persons in private." Just as this writer would like to know more about these nuggets from yesteryear: the thanks of the convention are tendered to Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase for Uie justice, dignity and impartiality with which he presided over the court of impeachment on the trail of President Andrew Johnson. (1868) the civil service ofthe government a scandal and reproach upon free institutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. (1872) money now lying idle in the general treasury resulting from superfluous taxation amounts to more than 125 millions, and the surplus collected is reaching the sum of more than 60 millions annually.

(1880). demand the extermination of polygamy. (1904) favor legislation to prevent defeated of both houses of Congress from participating in th sessions of Congress by fixing the date for convening the Congress immediately after the biennial election. (1928) have begun and shall continue the successful drive to rid our land of kidnappers and In contrast, the Eye Institute of New Jersey said it had no calls about eye injuries. FLOATING PARKING DETROIT (AP) Edmund Craig, 50, a part time inventor, has the solution to Detroit's parkin.

thinks he downtown He has designed a floating, multistory parking garage to ease the riverfront car storage squeeze. Primary port for the floating garage would be on the Detroit River, docked near the site of a proposed $126-million domed sports stadium. bandks, (1936) orm will in fact make the 3emocratic party, better: able, to deal with our real problems cr whether party reform turns out be an exercise in self-destruction," said Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien. The convention spent a half- lour in the dark while O'Brien delivered an opening address, interspersed with films of rank- and-file Democrats talking about the way they became delegates.

But for all the reform, all the new faces, it was convention business as usual, milling about on the floor, over an hour behind schedule. "It looks like the stock market down there," Miami Beach Mayor Chuck Hall told the convention. Party Treasurer Robert Strauss reported a Democratic telethon had raised more than $5 million to pay off party debts. The delegates didn't even pay much attention to that. About 500 demonstrators cut- side the convention broke away from a rally and ripped down a 60-foot section of the chain-link fence that rings 'the hall.

Some 300 policemen, armed with billy clubs, stepped into the gap and stood shoulder to shoulder to bar them from the convention hall grounds. Police said the protesters tried to storm a gate, and one officer was cut over the eye. One person was reported sr- rested during the one-hour assault on the fence. "There's acres and no use acres of wasting valuable land on ungodly lots," Craig said. He said the initial engineering plans call for a thrcc-tiercd garage set on pontocos or barge-type supports, accommodating at least 445 cars on each of -ie three decks.

Craig, who owns Glen Eden Hospital in suburban Warren, said he got the idea for the floating garage from watching a travel film which showed a line of barges half-a-mile long strung out behind a tug on the Rhine River in Germany. As for financing, Craig said the city of Detroit could absorb ttae building.costs, which he estimated at more than $1 million. "Even if it takes $5 million or $6 million to build, it'd be a lot cheaper than spending $20 million on parking lots," Craig said. "At least you'd be able to use the land for something con. structive." Trial Direct loll (Continned from Page One) have relatives in government or the armed services, whether they ever had security clearances, and their attitudes in evaluating testimony from government witnesses as opposed to defense witnesses.

The defense estimated that with the judge asking such questions, jury selection mighl be completed vithin one week. The defendants' comments indicated their portion of the case, will attempt to introduce details! of the Vietnam war as re vealed in the Pentagon Papers. The government has opposed such a move, and has to have four volumes of the papers sealed from public view. The judge has not yet ruled on that point. trial should greatly inform the American people," said Elisberg, "how we have been ruled for the past 25 years and censorship and deception do lo democracy." Piedmont Look where we're ooino.

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